Cougars get offensive in first win

Freshman Josh Ashenbrenner recorded four hits to lead an 18-hit attack, as Washington State picked up its first win of the baseball season Saturday with a 12-10 non-conference win over Cal State Northridge (8-5) in Northridge, Calif.

Greg Lagreid added two hits, two runs and two RBIs, and Jeff Miller picked up three hits for the Cougars (1-1).

Relief pitcher Ross Humes picked up the win, working 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.

The Cougars scored all 12 of their runs in the first six innings as six different players had at least two hits.

•Darin Holcomb scored two runs, but Gonzaga (2-6) fell to Missouri (5-1) 10-3 during the second day of the Coca-Cola Spring Training Classic in Surprise, Ariz.

•Whitworth opened its season by dropping a pair of non-conference games at Lewiston.

The Pirates fell to Albertson in the opening contest 8-2, and were trumped in the second game by Lewis-Clark State 9-2.

Track and field

A number of local track and field participants found success at Saturday’s McDonald’s Open at Moscow, Idaho.

La Shawnda Porter led a pack of Washington State Cougars women who swept the top four spots in the 200-meter dash. Porter ran a season-best time of 24.93 seconds to beat out Brandi-Probasco-Canda’s mark of 25.07.

Eastern Washington swept the top two spots in the women’s 60 dash, with Crystal Williams (8.01) and Krystal Deyo (8.07) placing first and second, respectively.

WSU’s Robert Williams won the men’s 60 hurdles in 8.42. Jaycee Robertson placed first in the 200 dash at 21.35 and second in the 60 dash at 6.81, behind the 6.79 from former WSU All-American Anthony Buchanan.

Eastern Washington’s Jason Kirk took the 400 with a mark of 50.09 to edge out WSU’s Devin Timpson at 50.15.

Swimming

Idaho wrapped up the Western Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving championships with a sixth-place finish in San Antonio.

Nevada captured its first title by fending off runner-up and defending champion Hawaii.